Black mudalia

The black mudalia[2] (Leptoxis melanoides) is a species of freshwater snail in the family Pleuroceridae. It is endemic to the Black Warrior River system of Alabama in the United States. It was thought to be extinct until it was rediscovered during a 1996 survey.[3]

Black mudalia

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Pleuroceridae
Genus:
Leptoxis
Species:
L. melanoides
Binomial name
Leptoxis melanoides
Conrad, 1834

Studies indicate that the species is better treated in genus Elimia.[3]

References
  1. Bogan, A. E. 1996. Leptoxis melanoides. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. Downloaded on 26 August 2014.
  2. Leptoxis melanoides. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
  3. Minton, R. L., et al. (2003). Rediscovery, systematic position, and re-description of "Leptoxis" melanoides (Conrad, 1834) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Pleuroceridae) from the Black Warrior River, Alabama, U.S.A. Archived August 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 116 531-41.


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